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ROPE MAKING MACHINE. N0.604,614. Patented May 24,1898.

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HARRY I. HANSEN, or BOONTON, NEW JERSEY.

ROPE-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,614, dated May 24,1898. Application filed June 9, 1897. serial No. 640,004. (No model.)

To aZZ whom; it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY I. HANSEN, of Boonton, in the county of Morrisand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Rope-MakingMachine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine for making ropewhich will be of a Verysimple character and yet will be durable andeffective in operation.

Another object'of the invention is to provide an improved form of flierand to provide a ready means for removing or for introducing the bobbinin the flier, together with a feed-cone which can be removed and conesof greater or lesser size substituted, and, furthermore, to provide asupport for the outer end of the shaft on which the bobbin turns, whichsupport will be capable of expeditious and convenient manipulation.

Another object of the invention is to provide an independent drivingmechanism for the flier, the bobbin, and the improved tension deviceused in connection with the flier and the feed-cone.

It is a further object of the invention to improve upon the traverse ofthe machine, materially simplifying its construction and insuringreliability of action.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved machine, a portion of the casingover the fliers being broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectionthrough a portion of a traverse-bar of the flier and one of its heads,illustrating the traverse as in position on the bar and a portion of itscasing removed, showing the interior mechanism in side elevation. Fig. 1is a section substantially on the line 4 A of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an endview of the bearing for the outer end of the bobbin-shaft. Fig. 6 is asection on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a side elevation of thefeed-cone and the device employed for supporting the same.

The frame of the machine as shown consists of side pieces A, which areconnected at the front by cross-bars 10, 11, 12, 13, .and 14. At thebottom portion of the rear end of each side piece a horizontal extensionis made, the extensions beingconnected by cross-bars 16, upon which thebearings for one end of drive-shafts B are secured. The machineillustrated is a double machine, and the mechanism is duplicated aboveeach drive-shaft, each drive-shaft receiving power in an independentmanner. Therefore the mechanism belonging to one drive-shaft only willbe described.

The drive-shaft B is provided with a fast and a loose pulley,(designated as 17 and 18,) and near these pulleys a cone-pulley 19 issecured-upon the drive-shaft, while near the opposite end of said shafta plain pulley 20 is secured, and a second cone-pulley 21, which is ofless diameter than the cone-pulley 19, as shown in Fig. 2. The forwardend of the shaft is mounted to turn in a box 22, located upon across-bar 23.

At the forward end of the machine, upon the upper cross-bar 14, twoposts 24 and 25 are upwardly projected, the post 24 being provided witha horizontal extension 26 and with an opening 27 near its lower end,having a lug 28 near each side. A lever 29 is fulcrumed in the lugs 28,as shown particularly in Fig. 7, the said lever being carried throughsaid opening 27 into the space between the two posts 24 and 25, beingprovided upon its upper face with a segmental shoe 30.

Ears 31 are formed upon the upper portion of the post 25, at each sideof an opening therein, and a second lever 32 is fulcrumed in the ears31, the upper lever 32 being also carried into the space between the twoposts 24: and 25, terminating in a segmental shoe 33, which faces theshoe 30. The two shoes are adapted to hold between them a feedcone 0.This cone is made in two sections 34 and 35, being provided at itslarger end action at one time.

with a flange 36, as is also shown in Fig. 7. A spring 37 holds thelever 29 normally in clamping engagement with the feed-cone, while asecond spring 38 performs the same function for the opposing lever 32.

On the cross-bar 10, at the upper rear portion of the machine, a bearing39 is secured, open at the front an d at the rear. This bearing or boxis provided with lugs 40, between which one end of a lever 41 issecured, being weighted at its free end, and a thrust-plate 42 iscarried by the lever 41, serving to close the outer end portion of theopening in the said box 39. By moving the lever 41 to the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 5 the shaft that is journaled in the box 39maybe drawn out therefrom; but while the thrust-plate is in its lowerposition the shaft will be prevented from leaving the box as effectivelyas though the outer side of the box were closed. A box 43 is located onthe cross-bar 13, a second box 44 is secured upon the cross-bar 12,whilea third box 45 is placed upon the cross-bar 11 near the rear end ofthe machineframe. The flier D is best shown in Fig. 2, and consists oftwo heads d, connected by two traverse-bars 46 and 47, placeddiametrically opposite. Each head consists of a plate 49,having aninwardly-extending flange 50, the flanges of the two heads facing oneanother, each flange having an annular member or subflange 48 upon itsinner face near its inner end. The flange 50 of the right-hand head iswider than the corresponding flange of the left-hand head, and theright-hand head is provided with an inner plate 51, secured to theauxiliary flange 48.

In the inner face of each traverse-bar 46 and 47 a longitudinal slot 52is formed, while in the outer or opposing face of each traversebar awider slot 53 is produced. The said slot 53 is divided longitudinallyfor a portion of its length by a central partition 54, and the ends ofthe wider slot 53 are curved, as shown in Fig. 1, the central partition54 stopping short of said ends. Along the margin of the wider slot 53pins 55 are arranged, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. A traverse E isheld to slide upon each of the bars 46 and 47, but only one of saidtraverses is brought into Each traverse, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4,consists of a casing 56, which is usually made in two sections centrallydivided and connected by bolts or their equivalents.

In the bottom of the casing of each traverse a circular opening 57 ismade, which neatly yet loosely fits around the traverse bar. NVithin theleft-hand portion of the casing a chamber 58 is formed, while near therighthand portion of the casing a corresponding yet shorter chamber 58is made. The larger chamber 58 is connected with the circular bottomopening 57 through the medium of a channel 59, and a slot 60 ishorizontally made in the left-hand portionof the traverse, as

shown in Fig. 3, and at the central bottom portion of the slot adepression or a recess 61 is produced.

A pulley 62 is secured upon a shaft 63 below a gear-wheel 65, made uponthe enlarged portion of the shaft and held to turn in the chamber 58,the lower end of the shaft 63 being provided with ball-bearings 64,contained within the recess 61. Ball-bearings 66 are likewise providedfor the upper end of the shaft 63, being adjustably held in position byan adjusting-screw 67 at the top portion of the traverse. A shaft 72 islocated within the channel 59, connected with the chamber 58, the shaft72 being of much less diameter than the diameter of the channel, asshown in Fig. 4. Within the chamber 58 the shaft 72 is enlarged, and itsenlarged portion is formed with a gear-wheel 68 and a plain surface 68below the same. The shaft 72, however, is capable of lateral movement inthe chamber 58. The upper end of the shaft 72 is provided withball-bearings 69, held in position and controlled by an adj usting-screw7 0, while roller or ball bearings 71 are placed in the bottom portionof the chamber 58, upon which the lower end of the enlarged section 68of the said shaft 7 2-has bearing.

A spur-wheel 73 is secured upon the lower end of the shaft 72, and thesaid wheel is PTO. vided with an extension 73 at its bottom, which is inthe form of a stud. This stud is adapted to engage with one side or theother of the partition 54 in the outer slot 53 of a traverse-bar, theteeth of the wheel being arranged for engagement with the pins 55,located in the said slot. The two gear-wheels and 68 are connected by apinion 69, (shown in Fig. 3,) and when the rope is passed around thepulley 62 to an engagement with the bobbin and the machine is in motionthe rotation of the pulley 62, caused by the friction of the rope, willrevolve the shaft on which the pulley is secured, and the gearing justdescribed will transmit power to the shaft 72, causing the wheel 73 torevolve and the traverse to move up and down the traversebar upon whichit is placed first at one side of the partition 54 on said bar and thenat the opposite side, causing the rope to be evenly wound upon thebobbin, to be hereinafter described. A wheel 75 is journaled in thebottom portion of each traverse and enters the smaller groove 52 in thebottom of the traverse-bar, being a guide for the traverse on said bar.

At the right-hand end of the flier D a tubular shaft 76 is secured orintegrally formed, being journaled in the boxes 43 and 44. This shafthas a pulley 77 attached to it, connected by a belt 78 with the plainpulley 20 on the drive-shaft B, as shown in Fig. 2. A tubular shaft 79is loosely carried through the lefthand head of the flier, beingjournaled in the box 45 near the left-hand end of the machine, and atthe outer and left-hand end of the sec- 0nd tubular shaft 79 acone-pulley 80 is secured, connected by a belt 81 with the lowercone-pulley 19, thereby providing for an increase or decrease of speedfor the said rear tubular shaft.

At the inner end of the tubular shaft 79 a disk 82 is formed, and thesupporting-shaft 83 for the bobbin 84: is passed through the bobbin andthrough the tubular shaft 79, having its right-hand end detachablyjournaled in the plate 51 of the right-hand end of the flier, while theleft-hand end of the said fliershaft is made to enter the extremeleft-hand box 39 and is held in place by the thrustplate 42 for saidbox. One head of the bobbin is detachably secured in any suitable orapproved manner to the disk 82 on the tubular shaft 79. Within theright-hand head of the flier, adjacent to the traverse-bar 47, a set oftension-pulleys 85 is secured upon a shaft which extends from the outerend of said head to its inner plate 51, while a seo- 0nd andcorresponding series 86 of these tension-pulleys is similarly placedopposite in the right-handhead of the flier adjacent to the opposingtraverse-bar 46, as shown in Fig. 2.

A tubular shaft 87 is held to turn in the tubular shaft 76 belonging tothe flier. This inner tubular shaft 87 may be termed a feed or a guideshaft and extends within the right-hand head of the flier. The feed orguide shaft 87 is provided at its right-hand end with an attachedconical pulley 88, connected by a belt 89 with the lower conical pulley21, so that the speed of this guide or feed shaft may be increased ordecreased as desired, but the speed at which the flier is turned ispreferably uniform.

At that end of the feed or guide shaft 87 which enters the head of theflier a gear 90 is secured, which meshes with a pinion 91, mounted todrive the series of tension-pulleys 86, also meshing with a secondpinion 92, mounted to drive the opposing set of tension-pulleys 85.

The fiber 93, from which the rope is to be made, is passed through thefeed-cone, from which it will meet with more or less resistance, and iscarried through the feed or guide shaft 87 and around the varioustension-pulleys 85 and 86, as shown in Fig. 2, out from the head over awhirl 94, a second whirl being placed between the tension-pulleys 85 and86. After the fiber has passed from the outer whirl 9i it is carriedaround the pulley 62 in a traverse and is attached to the bobbin St.

It will be observed that the guide or feed shaft, the bobbin-shaft, andthe flier-shaft are all independently driven. Consequently when thefiber is led and secured, as above mentioned, and the machine is setinmotion a twisting action will take place between the right-hand end ofthe flier and the feed-cone, said twisting action continuing in ameasure within the right-hand head, but at this point the twistedstrands are designed to be set'and placed under such tension as willproduce a perfect rope, the traverse simply serving to direct thewinding of the rope thus made on the bobbin.

7 A casing 96 is made to cover the upper portion of each flier on themachine, and each casing is provided with a door 96 to admit of theremoval of the bobbins, and a second casing 97 is provided for the lowerportion of each flier, as shown best in Fig. 2.

' It is sometimes very desirable that the flier should be stopped almostinstantly after the belt has been shifted from its driving-pulley. Tothat end I provide a brake-lever 98, which is fulcrumed on a bracket 99,and one of these levers is used in connection with each flier. An arm100 is pivoted to the lower end of each brake-lever 98, the arm beingheld to slide through the end wall of the casing 95 for the flier, beingprovided at its inner end with a shoe 101, adapted to engage with thehead-section d of the flier, as shown in Fig. 1. A spring 102 is coiledaround the arm 100, having bearing against the casing 95 and beingconnected with the arm 100,around which it is coiled. The springnormally holds the shoe 101 from engagement with the flier, the lever atthat time being in the position shown in positive lines in Fig. 2; butwhen the motion of the flier is to be stopped the lever is to be carriedoutward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which will bring the shoe101,

connected with the said arm, in frictional engagement with the head ofthe flier.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a rope-making or similar machine, thecombination, with a flier, a bar whereof is provided with a longitudinalslot in one face and a wider longitudinal slot in its opposite face,together with a longitudinal rib extending along the wider slot andstopping short of its ends, the walls of the wider slot being providedwith teeth, of a traverse mounted to travel on the bar of the flier,having a guide-wheel arranged to enter the annular slot in said bar, adriving-wheel held in engagement with the toothed wall of the widerslot, a pulley over which the yarn or rope is to be carried, and adriving connection between said pulley and the drivingwheel of thetraverse.

2. The combination, with the bar of a flier having a longitudinal "slotin one face and a wider slot in the opposite face, a rib dividing thewider slot for a portion of its length, the walls of the wider slothaving teeth or projeotions, of a traverse held to travel on said bar,provided with a guide-wheel which enters the narrower slot, the saidtraverse being provided with a shaft having lateral movement, adriving-wheel carried by the shaft and arranged for engagement with theprojections from the wall of the wider slot, a

pulley adapted for engagement With the yarn or rope passed to thetraverse, and means for driving said shaft from said pulley.

3. In rope-m aking machines or machines of like type, a flier providedWith a guide-bar, in combination With a traverse consisting of a casinghaving an opening to receive the bar of a flier, a shaft above theopening, extending within the same and mounted to have roro tary andlateral movement, a driving-Wheel carried by the lower end of saidshaft, a pulley adapted for frictional engagement with the rope or yarn,and a driving connection between said shaft and said pulley.

HARRY I. HANSEN.

Witnesses:

JOSEPHINE H. FERGUSON, OSCAR '1. SMITH, JOHN S. FERGUSON.

